My husband has prostate cancer and he has decided to have radical prostatectomy. What is the difference between an open radical prostatectomy and a robot assisted radical prostatectomy?
The one major difference between a robot assisted and an open radical prostatectomy is that a man who has a robot-assisted prostatectomy is able to return to his usual activities one to two weeks sooner than a man who has an open prostatectomy. There have been no studies that have confirmed any significant difference in blood transfusion, positive margin rate, incontinence or impotence rate. There is a significant difference in operating room time. An open radical prostatectomy is usually a shorter length of time in the operating room verses a robot radical prostatectomy. A second difference between the two is that a robot radical prostatectomy can be significantly more expensive than an open prostatectomy.
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